Results 8,521-8,540 of 27,071 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council (11 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Judicial Council, with which persons could lodge complaints against members of the Judiciary, as set out in legislation passed in July 2019, has been set up; if not, when it will be set up; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the sectors of employment that those who test positive for Covid-19 are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all Covid-19 screening programmes he has planned or is planning to introduce; if same will be introduced for screening by region, industry, school or third level institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department on census 2021. [33230/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was late to the Chamber and missed the Minister of State's reply. I take it that he is saying that the CSO, for public health reasons, feels it cannot go ahead with the census. That is perfectly understandable in the current circumstances. However, the Government could use the interregnum to prepare for a census to take place a year later and ensure we use the information provided by it....

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is an exercise of the most cynical game-playing by the Government.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Frankly, Government Deputies are smirking through their words because they know that it is cynical game-playing and politically motivated spite essentially-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----against the fact that an Opposition party put forward a no confidence motion in a Minister. It is important for people to know that Deputy Pringle, at the Business Committee, proposed an alternative that would have saved the €25,000 it will cost to move us at short notice over to the convention centre when we had decided we would be sitting here today.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not interrupt the Deputy. Notwithstanding the political differences he may have with Sinn Féin and the Opposition over the motion, a proposal was put forward by Deputy Pringle at the Business Committee to save us having to incur additional cost and the impact on staff of having to move to the convention centre today. The Government did not accept that, purely for political...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was said that the argument was most vociferously conducted by Deputy Griffin in pretty much the same breath as he said we should effectively do away with the Business Committee.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the real agenda. The Government wants to do away with any cross-party co-operation on how we set the schedule of this Dáil-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because it wants to steamroll whatever it wants to go through the House, regardless of the feelings of the rest of the democratically elected Opposition.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders that work as taxi drivers that continue to have work related overheads despite having little or no work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) whose driver theory test has been cancelled due to Covid-19 level 5 restrictions has had it put back 13 weeks to the next available slot instead of moving all appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; when recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the family law system, published on 25 October 2019, particularly recommendation 36 of the report, will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be issued their travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34905/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the number and nature of vacant positions in the HSE, by role and sector, and the length of time the position has been held vacant. [34966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to utilize health capacity within the private hospital sector during the next six months. [34967/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am something of a political nerd when it comes to finance Bills. I am fascinated by the way they provide a mechanism to transfer the wealth generated by society and by working people into the hands of the very wealthy in an opaque manner, year after year. For the most part, working people do not know the details of how they are being robbed of the wealth they collectively produce. I play...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: NASRA is not doing that.